By Marc Duvoisin, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-10 14:19:27
周三的《纽约邮报》封面调侃了马刺球星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)，原因是在总决赛第三场的一回合中，他粗暴对待了尼克斯队长杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson)。
圣安东尼奥的球迷们知道他是一个冷静、深思熟虑且富有智慧的人，他喜欢阅读、画画，并思考篮球之外的世界。
但在纽约市，文班亚马却成了一个卡通反派，一个身高7英尺4英寸的外星人，阻挡在哥谭市民与他们自1973年以来首个NBA总冠军梦想之间。
想象一下长达半个世纪的冠军荒。这必然会滋生出某种绝望，以及寻找一个反派来背锅的渴望。周三的《纽约邮报》头版似乎附和了这种情绪。那是一张调侃式的文班亚马“通缉令”。
因何被通缉？“因对尼克斯犯下的罪行。”
配图展示了周一第三场比赛第一节的一个瞬间，当时尼克斯后卫布伦森用身体卡住文班亚马，试图通过掩护为队友拉开通道。挣扎着想要摆脱防守的文班亚马用左手将身高6英尺2英寸的布伦森推倒在地。裁判当时并未吹罚犯规，比赛继续进行。
布伦森对文班感到沮丧
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— ESPN (@ espn) 2026年6月9日
但尼克斯队以及麦迪逊广场花园座无虚席的现场主场球迷们彻底愤怒了。布伦森是球队的队长，也是最出色的球员。文班亚马不仅没有因为粗暴对待布伦森而受到惩罚，反而在表现上压倒了后者，砍下32分、8个篮板、6次助攻、3次盖帽和2次抢断，带领马刺以115-111取得胜利。在七局四胜制的系列赛中连输两场后，马刺极度需要这场胜利。
《邮报》向来不会放过任何一个制造话题的机会。其周三的封面故事指出，文班是“大苹果城最令人痛恨的人——或者说‘外星人’，因为他肮脏且靠裁判庇护的爆发之夜，毁掉了尼克斯27年来的首场NBA总决赛主场比赛。”
就像所有合格的“通缉令”一样，这张通缉令也为将“罪犯”绳之以法提供了悬赏：“NBA总冠军奖杯”。
为了充实报道内容，《邮报》还随机采访了纽约市民，收集他们对文班的敌意。报道引用了一位尼克斯老球迷的话：“我绝对讨厌他对待我们球员的方式……现在这座城市对他毫无好感。”
这家小报甚至让曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格 (Alvin Bragg) 也参与了进来。
“不需要经验丰富的检察官也能看出文班越界了，他应该被判恶意犯规，”布拉格告诉《邮报》。
正如这位地区检察官肯定知道的那样，任何案子都有两面性。为文班辩护的话，看看视频画面就会发现，当时布伦森正死死拽着文班亚马的球衣，试图将他固定在原地，而这位马刺前锋只是不耐烦地将他推开。
来看看Dunk Digest的NBA分析师达斯蒂·加尔萨 (Dusty Garza)对这一回合的拆解分析。
仔细观察
杰伦·布伦森似乎暗中抓了一大把维克托·文班亚马的球衣，试图将他固定在原地。
文班亚马的反应是将他拍开，连锁反应导致斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 的面部受到撞击，而布伦森则倒在地上…… https://t.co/RqOx47JJMM pic.twitter.com/BqgbK90FtK
— SpursRΞPORTΞR (@ SpursReporter) 2026年6月9日
对地区检察官布拉格来说显而易见的事，对审查该回合的NBA官员来说却并非如此。他们表示，尽管裁判当时应该吹罚文班亚马一次普通犯规，但他的推搡动作还不足以严重到在赛后追加恶意犯规的程度。
这让马刺松了一口气，因为在之前的季后赛中，文班曾因肘击明尼苏达森林狼队纳兹·里德 (Naz Reid) 的下巴，被判过一次“二级恶意犯规”（定义为“不必要且过度的接触”）。文班亚马在那场比赛中被驱逐出场，并被累计了2个“恶意犯规积分”。
如果他因为对布伦森的粗暴动作而吃到第二次二级恶意犯规，他就必须在对阵尼克斯的比赛中自动停赛一场。
这本将助力尼克斯的夺冠希望。但事实证明，这位“罪犯”——以及马刺队——逃过了一劫。
比赛继续。
由生成式 AI 翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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New York Post: Wemby committed ‘crime’ by shoving Jalen Brunson
Wednesday’s New York Post cover poked fun at Spurs star Victor Wembanyama over a play in which he manhandled Knicks captain Jalen Brunson during Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
San Antonio fans know him as a calm, thoughtful, intellectual presence who reads, draws and thinks about the world beyond basketball.
But in New York City, Victor Wembanyama is a cartoon villain, a 7-foot-4 alien who stands between Gothamites and their dream of the city’s first NBA title since … 1973.
Imagine a championship drought that long. It must instill a certain desperation, a need for a villain to blame. Wednesday’s front page of the New York Post appeared to second that emotion. It’s a tongue-in-cheek Wembanyama “WANTED” poster.
Wanted for what? “For Crimes Against the Knicks.”
The accompanying photo showed a moment in the first quarter of Monday’s Game 3, when Knicks guard Jalen Brunson bodied up against Wembanyama, setting a screen to clear a lane for one of his teammates. Wembanyama, struggling to get free, shoved the 6-foot-2 Brunson to the floor with his left hand. The referees did not call a foul, and play went on.
Brunson frustrated at Wemby
— ESPN (@ espn) June 9, 2026
But the Knicks and their partisans in a packed Madison Square Garden were hopping mad. Brunson is the team’s captain and best player. And not only did Wembyana avoid punishment for manhandling Brunson, he went on to outplay him, notching 32 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and two steals in leading the Spurs to a 115-111 victory. It was a win the Spurs sorely needed, having lost the first two games of the best-of-seven series.
The Post knows a good controversy when it sees one. Its Wednesday cover story said Wemby was “the most hated man – or ‘alien’ – in the Big Apple after his dirty, ref-boosted big night spoiled the Knicks’ first NBA Finals home game in 27 years.”
Like any good “wanted” poster, this one offered a reward for bringing the wrongdoer to justice: “NBA trophy.”
To flesh out its story, the Post solicited anti-Wemby sentiments from random New Yorkers. It quoted one longtime Knicks fan as saying: “I absolutely hate the way he treats our players … We can’t have any love for him in this city right now.”
The tabloid even got Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to play along.
“It doesn’t take a seasoned prosecutor to know Wemby crossed the line and is guilty of a flagrant foul,” Bragg told The Post.
As the DA surely knows, there are two sides to every case, and in Wemby’s defense, a look at video footage shows Brunson was clutching Wembanyama’s jersey, trying to hold him in place, when the Spurs forward irritably pushed him away.
Check out this breakdown of the play by Dusty Garza, an NBA analyst for Dunk Digest.
Closer look
Jalen Brunson appears to have a hidden fistful of Victor Wembanyama’s jersey, while attempting to pin him in place.
Wembanyama reacts by swatting him away, and the chain reaction ends with Stephon Castle catching contact in the face while Brunson hits the deck.… https://t.co/RqOx47JJMM pic.twitter.com/BqgbK90FtK
— SpursRΞPORTΞR (@ SpursReporter) June 9, 2026
What was obvious to DA Bragg was not obvious to NBA officials who reviewed the play. They said that although referees should have called a standard foul on Wembanyama at the time, his shove was not bad enough to warrant dinging him with a flagrant foulafter the fact.
That came as a relief to the Spurs, because Wemby committed a “flagrant 2” foul — defined as “unnecessary and excessive contact” — in an earlier round of the playoffs, when he swung his elbow into the jaw of Naz Reid of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Wembanyama was ejected from that game and was assessed two “flagrant points.”
Had he picked up a second flagrant 2 for his rough handling of Brunson, he would have had to sit out a game against the Knicks.
That would have aided the Knicks’ title hopes. But as it turned out, the “criminal” — and the Spurs — caught a break.
Play on.
By Marc Duvoisin, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
